just finished reading 'catcher in the rye' appears to be a nondual novel; holden is consciousness dreaming all the characters; esp. siblings.
"if you want to know the truth, i don't know what i think about it."
allie is the universal consciousness lost; phoebe is the natural going, & d.b. (de-be) the false arriving
"about all i know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about."
more fun facts: a caul (as in holden CAULfield) is the amniotic membrane that encases the unborn.
"don't ever tell anybody anything. if you do, you start missing everybody."
also interesting brother who appears last is d.b. de-be the shrinks are trying to condition holden back into this character of un-being.
"i mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? the answer is, you don't. i think i am, but how do i know?"
salinger created many levels to story: coming of age; psychological of universal to ego; reincarnation of soul; dream story of consciousness.
“I didn't know anybody there that was splendid & clear-thinking &all. Maybe two guys. If that many. & they probably came to Pencey that way”
pencey nice play on thinking and story; wanna bet the 2 guys were jc & the buddha?
the only novel of j.d. salinger zen monk: love-infused neti neti / consciousness revealing
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